Be a Santa to a Senior

Share the holiday spirit with the Be a Santa to a Senior Community Service program sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care.




It's a way to brighten the lives of lonely or isolated seniors in your community. This program has touched so many lives... in the past 5 years, 60,000 volunteers delivered more than one million gifts to 660,000 seniors.



How you can help:

• Find the nearest Be a Santa to a Senior tree location (listed below)
  
• Pull the ornament with the name of a senior and gift idea
  
• Purchase the gift
  
• Bring the gift and the ornament back to one of the drop boxes

Be a Santa to a Senior tree locations:

• November Crossroads Chamber meeting
  
• Spring Mill Health Campus, 101 W. 87th Ave., Merrillville, IN
  
• Town of Merrillville, 7820 Broadway, Merrillville, IN

Be a Santa to a Senior drop off boxes:

• Home Instead Senior Care, 238 E. 90th Drive, Merrillville, IN
  
• Spring Mill Health Campus, 101 W. 87th Ave., Merrillville, IN
  

Program runs November 1, 2010 / December 10, 2010

For more information or questions please call: Amy Plumb at 219-793-9023

Making Memories

Home Instead Senior Care President, Sandi Haywood and Community Service Representative, Amy Plumb have been "Making Memories" through out the month of April, visiting NWI health care campuses, memory care units where residents are affected by Alzheimer's or dementia. Sandi and Amy brought all the supplies and tender loving care needed to create memories that will last forever. With watercolor paints and canvases they work with the residents and paint beautiful water color pictures. These pictures will be displayed and available at the upcoming Making Memories Art Exhibit in July 2010 sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care where all proceeds will benefit the Alzheimer's Association. "The residents all have really enjoyed painting with us and we have enjoyed bringing them a voice through their paintings. As many of us know whom live, work and care for these individuals some times the process of expression with words becomes difficult but through art we hope to speak a thousand words to your heart. We believe this event will be successful especially for those with loved ones diagnosed with Alzheimer's and related dementia" said Amy.

Successful Easter Egg Hunt and Celebration

Home Instead Senior Care and Sterling House of Merrillville, Indiana held a successful Easter Egg Hunt and Celebration this past weekend. Many children were blessed with winning Easter baskets fill with many toys and treats, big Easter eggs with a surprise inside and so much more.

The Easter Bunny made an appearance and took pictures with all the children before the Easter egg hunt.

After all the games and egg hunts children and their families were invited to have lunch in the dinning room.

Easter Egg Hunt and Celebration

Join Us For Our

EASTER CELEBRATION!

Sterling House Merrillville and Home Instead Senior Care of Merrillville are hosting an Easter Egg Hunt and Celebration for children 12 and under at Sterling House Merrillville. Enjoy games, prizes, refreshments and a visit by the Easter Bunny.

Saturday, March 27th

2:00 p.m.

Sterling House Merrillville

8253 Virginia St.

Merrillville, IN 46410

For more information call

(219) 793-9023